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NewsGone to the dogs
Police are investigating arson as the possible cause of a fire that last week destroyed a unique building which had only just been put forward for listing protection.
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EU does U-turn on directive
The European Parliament has amended a controversial EU directive because it could have caused chaos in the construction industry.
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NewsHit and miss
A new visitor centre in the recently refurbished grade II listed German Gym (right) in King’s Cross, London, has opened. The historic building was restored by Allies & Morrison and will be used as a visitor centre for the Channel Tunnel Rail Link until the route opens in 2007.Hopkins Architects ...
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London Eye architect Julia Barfield (pictured) of Marks Barfield Architects attacked landlords the South Bank Centre as “bullies” this week over a threat to evict the wheel. The SBC has demanded its removal by July 1 unless the operators agree to a large increase in the rent.Richard Rogers is ...
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Power play
The deadlock between architect Grimshaw and contractor Mowlem over the Bath Spa project could have been solved, the project’s new manager told BD this week. Jonathan Goring, the executive director of Capita Symonds, who took over the project last month after Mowlem was sacked, said: “The problems could have been ...
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NewsUltimatum for Viñoly
Council threatens to pull plug on Leicester performing arts centre after costs spiral
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Kingsdale given a drumming
De Rijke Marsh Morgan’s flagship Kingsdale School in south London was shown up by that old enemy, the great British weather, when the RIBA Awards judging panel visited last month.
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In-house contracts row hits Birmingham council
Birmingham City Council has launched an investigation into allegations that contracts have been awarded unfairly to its in-house architecture team.
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NewsFlying colours
Kohn Pedersen Fox has won an international competition to design a new international airport for Tianjin, the fourth-largest city in China.
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Embankment plan will not drive out traffic
The Victoria Embankment will remain open to traffic under plans drawn up by MacCormac Jamieson Prichard for the mayor of London.
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Edinburgh divided on tall possibilities
A council investigation into the possibility of building skyscrapers in Edinburgh is causing ructions among the city’s architects.
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NewsThe Future for our children
Future Systems has designed this £1.8 million nursery and adult learning centre, dubbed “Art Baby” and shown here for the first time.
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NewsBeacon for regeneration
Engineer WhitbyBird’s landmark bridge across the River Lea in east London has won planning permission.
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Welsh Assembly scrimps on art
The Welsh Assembly is spending ony £250,000 on public art — half as much as officials had hoped for.
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NewsIn fine health
Healthcare practice Anshen Dyer has reached financial close on the £300 million Newcastle Hospitals PFI project.
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Fosters to design tsunami memorial
Foster & Partners is to design a school in Thailand in memory of a British victim of the tsunami.
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NewsSpotcheck: The North-east
Scheme on hold Multi-million-pound regeneration plans for Whitley Bay, north Tyneside, by Places for People, have been put on hold by the town’s new mayor. The £19 million scheme, which includes 400 new homes, a pedestrianised piazza and a £1 million refurbishment of the Playhouse theatre, have been postponed for ...
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Gehry plan ‘too garish’ for Hove
Revised designs by Frank Gehry for a £225 million development in Hove, East Sussex, have failed to dispel doubts and controversy surrounding the scheme.